title: Bedside inoculation of blood culture bottles with ascitic fluid is superior to delayed inoculation in the detection of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.
abstract: Ascitic fluids from patients suspected of having spontaneous bacterial peritonitis were inoculated into blood culture bottles (i) at the bedside and (ii) in the laboratory after a delay. In 29 episodes in which the bedside bottles were culture positive, only 22 (75.9%) of the laboratory-inoculated sets demonstrated growth; this difference was statistically significant (P less than 0.02).
authors.affiliation: Liver Unit, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Runyon
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Antillon
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Akriviadis
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: McHutchison
mesh_terms: D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors